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The summer 2005 newsletter is out. You can view it here. It has info on the Upper Klamath, Inflatable Kayak trips, and the amazing 05 spring. There are also some great photos of our spring trips here. Enjoy!

“What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.”

Hal Boyle

We have had an amazing spring rafting season and as always we are sad to see the end in site. We have had some of our best days on the water ever this year on the California Salmon. We caught the water at a perfect level Memorial day and got to run the Nordheimer stretch at near “6 feet” on the gage (BIG fun). It was a trip to remember. We still have another week or two for warm weather trips there so if you have the time check it out.
The good news is of course the weather is getting hotter and we are gearing up for our summer rivers. Our Upper Klamath trips are becoming more frequent and flows from the “bigger” generator have been great. We just also just finished a trip on the Lower Klamath and the canyon looks beautiful, fresh and clean from the high winter water and all the rain. It is going to be great summer.

For those of you who have not noticed the Southern Oregon / Northern California area has been going through a crazy spring. Tons of rain and cool weather. While there have been reports of severely depressed people for us it has been wonderful- there is water everywhere! We have been very lucky with most of our spring trips and found pockets of great weather. We have also enjoyed a rare “extremely high” water California Salmon trip- very very exciting. But, what this really means is that we will be able to run the Cal salmon well into June! We still have room on the first 2 weekends in June. This is a great time to visit this canyon. The water is that startling emerald green color, the level is fun but not too high, and the weather is amazing (hot and sunny days and warm nights). This place is a wonderland, don’t wait until next year! Check out the California Salmon rafting page for info and June discounts.

Brad Goettemoeller has remodeled his “All About Rivers” website and it now includes a whole section on river rafting trips and tours for people looking to go commercial rafting anywhere in the U.S. You can search for rivers by state, difficulty, and season and each river page lists the outfitters that offer trips on that section. Many outfitters also have extensive write ups and links to their sites (You can visit Momentum’s All About Rivers page here). The site also includes information for kayakers and American Whitewater links and Blogs. The All About Rivers website is a wonderful tool, check it out if you have yet to see or use it!

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

Joan Powers from Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

Our spring newsletter is up and you can read it on our Newsletter Page. It has current news, images, specials, and info on Oregon’s snow pack.

“When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water…has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river.”

Roderick Haig-Brown

I have decided to post an occasional river quote. Almost anyone who has spent time on or by rivers feels some sort of strong connection and it is wonderful when these connections are expressed so eloquently. If you have one that you like please e-mail it to me at pete@momentumriverexpeditions.com and I will post it.
I am going to start with a well known but beautiful one:

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops — under the rocks are the words and some of the words are theirs.”

Norman Maclean,
from “A River Runs Through It”

Information on our Yoga on the River trips is now up and you can read more about them here. The combination of Yoga and time on the river make for an amazing experience. We have a Lower Klamath Yoga trip scheduled for September 17th and 18th. Other dates are available for small groups and we can also do Yoga trips on any of our California and Oregon Rivers.
In other news The California Salmon drainage continues to get more snow. There are still spaces open in May and early June for one of the best river trips in the country.

“I really wanted to thank you for such memories. This was such an amazing trip! Even better than you had described! I have watched the video about 3 times now and just showed some parts at work….like my great ducky swim with Sarah! It was just great!!!”

“that trip was so amazing! Every part of it!!!….everything rocked and was better than I could have imagined!”

I just want to give a quick update on the snowpack in our area. As most people know the California snowpack looks great which means our spring rafting on our Northern California rivers should be spectacular.
The northern Oregon and Washington snowpack is not looking so hot. We are kind of in the middle here in Southern Oregon. While the overall snowpack here is below average it should not have an effect on our Rogue and Upper Klamath rafting trips. This is because both of these rivers are reservoir fed dam release stretches and there is plenty of water stored for a great season. In fact the Upper Klamath should have higher peaking flows then last year because the larger of the two turbines that feed water back into the river will be in operation.
So, overall it looks like we will have a perfect spring season in Northern California and another season of the most exciting summer whitewater in the west on the Upper K!

Hello all! I am writing from Puerto Varas, Chile having just finished this years trip to Patagonia’s Futaleufu Valley. I tore myself away from an afternoon of drinking coffee along an amazing volcano ringed glacial lake. The trip was amazing and the magic of the place never stops surprising me. It is truly one of the great places on earth. We will be posting pictures soon along with quotes from some of the people who joined us. I will also be adding next years dates to the Futaleufu Rafting page in the very near future. We are also looking into doing a multi-sport trip to Costa Rica in early winter.
When I get back we will be really starting to gear up for the spring California and Oregon rafting season. In the next week or so I will be adding extra info on trips including on a rare planned trip to the remote Middle Owyhee (snowpack dependent). Also there is less then a month left to get our pre-season rafting discount.

The Snow pack on the Cal Salmon is already at 140%! This means we should have an amazing season on one of the top rivers in the Unites States. Check out the California Salmon Rafting page for more information and trip dates. Don’t forget that we are offering a 15% pre-season discount for all Northern California or Oregon rafting trips booked by April 1st.

Hello everyone! Our news and blog page is now up. Check back here often for up-to-date information on our Oregon, Northern California, and Chile Rafting trips, discounts, info on rarely run trips, and other news.